Former Ohio State quart Terrell Pryor, a controversial type Speedster Oakland Raiders straight out of central casting, is now a real member of the silver and black.
The Raiders chose Pryor in the third round of NFL draft on Monday, further, abandoning their corresponding pick in 2012 draft a player with the first large and true airspeed. Quarterback 6-foot-5, 232 pounds was conducted from 40 yards in under 4.4 seconds in a workout on Saturday, kind of time reserved only for the fastest receivers and running backs.
The Raiders have been crazy for the fastest players, many of them turned out to be a real lack of football skills. When the news spread about Pryor 40 times, increased speculation that the Raiders might take.
Pryor, a would-be college senior named most valuable player in the 2010 Rose Bowl after leading the Buckeyes to victory over Oregon, going to the NFL with luggage in tow. He began his career by serving a five-game suspension from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who will match the number of games, Pryor has failed to Ohio State because of NCAA violations he allegedly committed.
How Pryor Raiders plan to use is unclear. They have a starting quarterback Jason Campbell, and experienced veterans behind him to Trent Edwards and Kyle Boller, who both started elsewhere. When the speed Pryor, the team may try him at receiver, where their ranks have been caused by injury.
What the Raiders used a third-round choice (within 18) is noteworthy because Pryor is a place setting in which the teams expect the real value, not a single user choice. As such, no Oakland picks up the second through the fourth round of next spring.
Mike Mayock, NFL Network analyst highly respected project, said Pryor "takes place in a Fastbreak, where the legs do more harm than the arm." He said Pryor has lace in the center - instead of being in the shotgun - more than most people think, and had decent touch on his deep ball.
But Mayock said the short and medium passes Pryor was not the level of accuracy in the NFL.
"Rarely were his receivers are able to run the ball after the catch," he said. "It looks like it is floating a lot of runs."
Mayock reported to a game last fall, when No. 18 Wisconsin defeated the Buckeyes leading, 31-18. Pryor completed 14 of 28 cards with one interception.
"I just had an interception, but very easily could be five," said Mayock.
Mayock said Pryor immediate value may be the wildcat quarterback, as the Jets in New York would use the former Missouri quarterback Brad Smith, who can fill all the roles in the field.
"If you can not throw the ball just well enough to keep the defense off balance, so you have the package lynx," said Mayock. "But the teams are still trying to use running backs, does not work for them. ...
"The topic you can do with a kid like Pryor is the quarterback in the third round, and if you can get into your current system, instead of playing his second year at college. The benefits from it."
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